In a stunning and unexpected move to stop Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from shipping busloads of asylum seekers to New York City, Mayor Eric Adams has filed a lawsuit against 17 charter bus companies used by the Lone Star State.
He wants the bus companies to reimburse the city for the hundreds of millions of dollars it’s cost to shelter them.
Just call it the Empire State strikes back, with a bold counter punch to Abbott.
“New York City has and will always do our part to manage this humanitarian crisis, but we cannot bear the cost of reckless political ploys from the state of Texas, alone,” Adams said.
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Greg Abbott from shipping busloads of asylum seekers to New York City, Mayor Eric Adams has filed a lawsuit against 17 charter bus companies used by the Lone Star State.
“New York City has and will always do our part to manage this humanitarian crisis, but we cannot bear the cost of reckless political ploys from the state of Texas, alone,” Adams said.
The mayor sued the bus companies who, since the spring of 2022, have been used by Abbott to ship asylum seekers to New York, with officials showing them maps, giving them bar-coded bracelets with their destinations clearly marked, and then checked by drivers to make sure they land in the city.
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The last straw for the mayor was apparently Abbott’s decision to send buses to New Jersey train stations connecting to New York City to thwart an executive order limiting the days and and hours busloads of asylum seekers could arrive here.
Adams and Abbott have been engaged in an intense game of Texas Hold 'Em poker over the asylum seeker crisis.
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Somewhat disingenuous here - they wanted it to be during the business day, when there are people available to help take care of the immigrants, and to call ahead, so someone could meet the buses and get the people immediate help. There may also have been something about spreading out the buses, because no one can help 13 bus loads arriving at once with no notice when no one is at work
What kind of inhuman monster dumps these people on city streets in off hours with no place to stay, when there’s no one around to help, and stuff is closed? Are they really dumping them at a train station and just sending them in?
How can anyone support the type of monster that plays with people’s lives like this, for a political stunt?
Currently where I am, it is 19°F, with a windchill of 12°, and I can’t believe someone crossing the border in Texas is prepared for this. This is literally human lives on the line for a political stunt